Where does “sähäkkä” come from?

sähäkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish akka, from Proto-Finnic akka — old woman.

sähäkkä (Finnish): lively, energetic, frantic

Definitions

  1. lively, energetic, frantic

Ancestry of “sähäkkä”, step by step

sähäkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish akka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishakkahag, crone; woman; wife; hag, witch; queen, bitch
2Proto-Finnicakkaold woman

via Finnish sähistä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsähistäTo hiss

Words derived from “sähäkkä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic akka →Every word from Finnish akka →